High Dynamic Range and Wide Colour Gamut

ONE-DAY COURSE

Ultra High Definition (UHD) has already arrived in terms of increased resolution over HD video. However, the additional UHD features such as Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) and High Dynamic Range (HDR) are still not fully understood despite their introduction into both programme making and distribution this year.

This one-day course explores the standards, workflows, challenges and best practices for wide colour gamut and high dynamic range implementation along with the consequences for backwards compatibility.

Content

High Dynamic Range (HDR)

Dolby Perceptual Quantiser (PQ) approach to HDR

BBC/NHK Hybrid Log-Gamma approach to HDR

SMPTE 2084, 2086 & 2094 HDR standards

ITU-R BT.2100 HDR production and international programme exchange standard

HDR deliverables – Dolby Vision, HLG, HDR10, HDR10+, SL-HDR1

HDR workflows

HDR tone mapping

HDR compatibility with standard dynamic range (SDR) equipment

HDR capture

HDR displays

Wide Colour Gamut (WCG)

The WCG colour spaces

The WCG standard – ITU-R BT.2020

WCG primaries, white point and colour matrix

WCG workflows

The WCG Academy Colour Encoding Space (ACES)

Moving between colourspaces

WCG capture

WCG displays

This course is for:

Engineers or technicians with an electronics, computer science or IT background who need to be more familiar with the specific requirements of UHD HDR and WCG

Anyone in the media technology industry who needs to understand the impact of HDR and WCG in their UHD workflows, particularly those who are new to the industry such as apprentices and trainees.

Technical managers, chief engineers, station managers and others who need an update or overview of HDR and WCG.

IT engineers and technicians who need to improve their understanding of UHD HDR and WCG operations and workflow.

Managers of support services who need to build their knowledge of the fundamentals of HDR and WCG.

“It’s the second time Martin has travelled to Barcelona to deliver his courses to us over at Deluxe Spain. The audience ranges from producers, colorists to engineers, researchers etc..Martin manages to keep everybody absorbed and enthusiastic from the first til the last minute and this is particularly impressive considering that most of us aren’t native English speakers. So much so we decided to make it a yearly event.Thanks to you Martin, and see you next year!”

Stephane CattanHead of ImagingDeluxeSpain

Researchers in my lab have very diverse academic backgrounds, some actually specialising on HDR and WCG, some on very much distant subjects, and Martin achieved the quite remarkable feat of keeping us all interested at all times, providing knowledge and insight all the way and for everybody. It was a very engaging and greatly structured course, I highly recommend it.